SCROLL DOWN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN FOR THANET EVENTS, RESTAURANTS AND ATTRACTIONS

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Poll Position

Just a quick reminder to vote in my China Gateway poll if you haven't already done so. You'll find it in the sidebar on the right. With only a day left it's clocked up more than 70 votes, almost a record for an ECR poll. Keep 'em coming!

3 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Skills PlusThe first Skills Plus centre opened in Sittingbourne in 2003 and the initiative is offered for free to adults wanting to improve their numeracy and literacy and is available through the Kent Adult Education Service.

Courses are run at 11 dedicated Skills Plus centres throughout the county and also at further adult education centres.

Many adults find they need to improve their English and Maths skills later in life in order to fill gaps in their education with recognised qualifications in order to secure a specific career or simply to help with daily tasks such as shopping and FILLING IN FORMS *** (essential claimant skills ECR)

Prospective students can join at any time throughout the year and courses run mornings, afternoons and evenings so studies can be fitted around family life and other commitments. Each student has an assessment to gauge their level of ability and their studies are tailored to suit each person based around real-life situations.

Aimed at anyone over the age of 19, completion of the course leads to National Qualifications in English and Maths which are an accepted alternative to GCSEs for adults.

In October 2007 the 5,000th learner was enrolled with Skills Plus and since August 2007 alone, 1,379 new students have joined the scheme. There are plans to open further centres in the county and it is hoped that partnerships with employers, schools and community groups will enable more people to work towards nationally recognised qualifications in English and Maths.

The need to improve the claiming skills of Thanet plus the numeracy and literacy needs of graduate immigrants, hopping off lorries inbound at the Kent Ports, represented the compelling case to invest further public funds in mythical New Horizons for the unemployable.

One alumni of the scheme did visit the Flog it Dope and Cadge of a Sunday lunchtime to get first dabs at the peanuts and read of the freebie paper.

The claimant impressed all round by reading out loud a feature written by a journalist called Nick.

Overheard in Thanet

Is your hot chocolate gluten free?Man at kioskJust wait til I get hold of yer, yer cunt. Yer fuckin' door won't save yer!Man on phone in streetThere were dead bodies everywhere at my fuckin' birfday do. No, seriously, my missus had to give one bloke CPR!Man on phone in streetYer can't smoke in a petrol station can yer? Fuck it, I'm gonna light up anyway. If I blow meself up I'm gonna charge you compensation!Woman to staff member at petrol stationWhat happened to all those Socialist Workers eh? They joined the bloody Labour Party, that's what!Man to woman in WaitroseSo I grabbed the fuckin' potato peeler and stabbed the cunt.Man sitting outside barTwitter? That's the bit between a bird's twat and her shitter, isn't it?Man on trainYou know the medicine they give us was invented by the Germans in WW2 for their troops, so they could be shot?Man on streetYeah, well, he's a fucking bald headed cunt.Man at Margate football matchYou better choose your sweets, inch yer! I'm not a bleedin' psychic, inn I?Woman to small childI like haring but I don't like it when the dog just bites into it an' it fuckin' screams and then you 'ave to go an' chop it.Man in restaurantI'm a registered businessman!Man on phone in streetI luv 'im, even though 'e raped me an' bit me. 'Cos 'e respecks me.Woman talking to man in streetChild to baboon in animal park: 'Ello!Mother: Don't talk, MatthewChild: Why?Mother: 'Cos it's an animal.

If you come on and start having a go at Margate, it immediately puts everyone's shackles up.

Man talking about the warm-up act at the Alexei Sayle gig at the Theatre Royal, Margate'We are not expecting widespread flooding; however precautions have been deployed and we are doing our upmost to ensure all areas are secure and protected.'Thanet Council press release

Did You Know?

Richard's Thanisaurus

Bignews Margaten. a fatuous blog that pays lip service to 'freedom of speech' but shits its britches at the first sign of trouble. Contributor: anonymous.

Much of the reason we experience noise on landing over Ramsgate is because training flights are precisely that. Half the time the pilots get too low and have to put their engines on... They are training and get it wrong! - Local pilot

Libel

Corrections and Additions

Eastcliff Richard is an opinion-based blog. If you disagree with something you read, feel free to leave a comment to that effect. If you want to take it further, a friendly request for a correction or addition, stating your reasons, will almost certainly get better results, and cost you less, than instructing a lawyer. Email richardeastcliff@yahoo.co.uk

It may be crap, but your self congratulatory hype is hugely entertaining - Anonymous

In Ramsgate, Eastcliff Richard punning on the town’s division into East and West Cliffs takes the palm, its witty creator concealed behind the persona of a media moghul who might, to judge from accompanying sketch, have been played by Terry Thomas. - Country Life

I have asked Eastcliff Richard to remove defamatory statements, he has refused, make of it what you will. - Tony Flaig, Bignews Margate

The King of Thanet bloggers - Ray Parker

Unceasingly defeatist - Save Dreamland Campaign

An anonymous spouter of spiteful drivel - Tory Councillor Chris Wells

A lazy, workshy, badly educated, sexually defective, ugly, scummy loser with delusions of grandeur stuck in a tiny little world which he seems to regard as fascinating. - The real Rebecca

Followers

Subscribe To

WIKIO RANK (UK)

Disclaimer

The Thanet Daily is a humour/satire/local gossip blog based on the Isle of Thanet in Kent. Opinions expressed on this site may not be suitable for minors, wilting flowers, or duffers. The content, opinions and comments contained in this blog do not necessarily reflect the views of its author(s), fictional or otherwise. The Thanet Daily accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. The Thanet Daily is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Actually, if truth be told, the whole thing is a crock of shit.